[Agnes Strickland (1796-1874), Victorian historian.] Autograph Letter Signed (‘Agnes Strickland / Historian of the Queens of England and Queens of Scotland’), stating her requirements for lodgings in Warwick during the ‘Archaeological Meeting’.

See her entry in the Oxford DNB. 4pp, 12mo. On bifolium In fair condition, lightly aged, with stub from mount adhering to the inner margin of the recto, and obscuring a few words of text. The male recipient is not named: the letter is signed ‘Agnes Strickland / Historian of the Queens of England and Queens of Scotland’. By the advice of the publisher, Daldy, she is enquiring after ‘quiet comfortable lodgings at Warwick next Monday 25th till Tuesday August 2nd during the Archaeological Meeting in your antient historical town at which I have promised to be sent’. She gives the particulars of the ‘apartments’ she requires, including ‘a wardrobe, press, or hanging closet for my dresses as I have a good deal of luggage. / I have a maid who will attend on me’. She does not know anyone in Warwick ‘except the Countess and not so familiarly as to apply to her about obtaining lodgings besides it would look like spelling for an inviation to the Castle’. It is Mrs Daldy who has furnished her with the recipient’s address ‘and suggested my consulting you on the subject’, and she apologises for ‘the freedom with which I have done so’. She ends with the Ipswich address at which she will be staying till the Monday.